“And the Emmy goes to…?”
You could say she was seeing double.
Playing twins presented an interesting technical challenge for theFavouriteandConstant Gardneractress, who also executive produces the series.
Rachel Weisz as Elliot Mantle in ‘Dead Ringers’.NIKO TAVERNISE/Amazon Prime
And both just gorgeously written characters, aberrant, strange, unusual women to inhabit.
I love them both," says Weisz.
Weisz, who was deeply involved in gettingDead Ringersoff the ground, says she loves the original film.
Rachel Weisz as twin sisters Elliot and Beverly in ‘Dead Ringers’.Amazon Prime
You see them coming together very tightly, and then they unravel in a pretty twisted way.
You get more of that very dysfunctional, intertwined world a few hours more."
Like its predecessor, the show does not shy away from blood and gore.
In fact, it embraces it, but purposefully so.
Real midwives and doctors were ever present on set for some of the more gory scenes.
“It’s definitely very graphic.
Very, very voyeuristic,” admits Weisz.
“They both deliver babies.
We all came from a woman’s body.”
So, she wasn’t squeamish then?
“No, nothing really made me squirm.
And there are definitely some quite graphic deliveries which are filmed in the first episode.
All six episodes ofDead Ringerspremiere April 21 on Prime Video.
